NPM 2023.1 release notes
Release date: February 15, 2023
These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in Network Performance Monitor 2023.1.
For more information, see the following documents:
- NPM 2023.1 System Requirements
- NPM 2023.1 Administrator Guide
- NPM Getting Started Guides - Part 1 - Get Started | Part 2 - Customize.
If you are looking for previous release notes for Network Performance Monitor, see Previous Version documentation.
New features and improvements in NPM
NPM 2023.1 offers the following new features and improvements compared to previous releases of NPM.
NPM 2023.1 runs on the new SolarWinds Platform. See SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 Release Notes.
Enhanced VeloCloud support
Expanded SD-WAN support with additional visibility into VeloCloud devices.
- VPN Tunnels widget and report
- NPM Network topology widget
- VLANs widget and report
- High Availability Warm Spare widget
Other improvements
Cloud monitoring: Availability Zone data related to the entities your are monitoring in the cloud are now stored with the entity and used for logical grouping in the Cloud Server Infrastructure widget, filtering in the Cloud Instances Status Summary widget, and also in pop overs for individual entities.
Installation and upgrade
For information about installing Network Performance Monitor, see help for the SolarWinds Installer.
Use the SolarWinds Installer to upgrade your entire SolarWinds Platform deployment (all Orion Platform products and any scalability engines).
You can upgrade your entire deployment from the My Deployment page (Settings > My Deployment).
For details, see Install or upgrade SolarWinds Platform products.
Fixed issues
NPM runs on the SolarWinds Platform. NPM 2023.1 contains all of the fixed issues since NPM 2020.2.6 release, including all NPM 2020.2.6 hotfixes and fixes in SolarWinds Platform 2022.2, 2022.3, 2022.4, and 2023.1.
See the following release notes for more information:
- SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 Release Notes
- SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 Release Notes
- SolarWinds Platform 2022.3 Release Notes
- SolarWinds Platform 2022.2 Release Notes
NPM 2023.1 fixes the following issues.
| Case number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1054077 | The issue where deleted Aruba or Cisco hardware sensors were not visible in SWIS and users couldn't create alerts on deleted Aruba or Cisco sensors was addressed. |
| 1241638, 1243723 | Issues with orchestrators if organization ID was too large for an Int32 value were addressed. |
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1199055, 874596 |
Issues with an overgrown IndexSSID column resulting in wireless polling data not being saved were addressed. |
| 492232 | Issues with topology calculation not working correctly for virtual interfaces were addressed. |
| 444472, 479695 | The issue where topology polling timeout was not retained after the upgrade was addressed. |
| 646871 | The issue where the Cisco HWH poller polled the ServiceTag of the first switch in the stack as addressed. |
| 919697, 1164270 | The issue where events generated from SwitchStack alerts didn’t specify the trigger object was addressed. |
| 638293 | The issue where preview did not work for Wireless Thin AP views was addressed. |
| 433925, 1086869, 1095854 | Performance issues with stored procedures related to Cortex caching tables were addressed. |
| 970506, 1051330, 1176004, 1243911 | The issue where ASA failover events were triggering on past events was addressed. |
End of life
For modules based on Orion Platform 2020.2.6 and earlier, SolarWinds is announcing future end-of-life plans for your convenience. As always, SolarWinds recommends you upgrade to the latest version of your products at your earliest convenience.
| Version | EOL Announcements | EOE Effective Dates | EOL Effective Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020.2.6 | April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 2020.2.6 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | May 18, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NPM version 2020.2.6 |
| 2020.2.5 | January 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2020.2.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | February 17, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 2020.2.5 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | February 17, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NPM version 2020.2.5. |
| 2020.2.4 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2020.2.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 2020.2.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NPM version 2020.2.4. |
| 2020.2.1 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2020.2.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 2020.2.1 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NPM version 2020.2.1. |
| 2020.2 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 2020.2 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NPM version 2020.2. |
| 2019.4 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2019.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | August 27, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 2019.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NPM version 2019.4. |
| 12.5 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 12.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 12.5 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NPM version 12.5. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product lifecycle phases. For supported versions and EoL announcements for all SolarWinds products, see Currently supported software versions.
Deprecation notices
This version of Network Performance Monitor deprecates the following platforms and features.
Deprecated platforms and features are still supported in the current release. However, they will be unsupported in a future release. Plan on upgrading deprecated platforms, and avoid using deprecated features.
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Browser support | All versions of Internet Explorer will become unsupported in a future release. Some pages are not compatible with IE 11. Do not enable Enterprise Mode in IE 11. It is not supported. |
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